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A senator says patriotism is dying in the country because of the decline in the number of ROTC reservists. He and a House member have filed bills reviving ROTC as mandatory to college students. Student groups are once again in uproar saying that all that ROTC does...
The Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) has called for a “complete pullout” of Army troops from the Bicol Region amid what he described as “the alarming number of tortures and extrajudicial killings” in the area. This call comes in the wake of the...
Around 849,000 individuals face eviction due to the privatization of the Manila North Harbor, the urban poor organization Kadamay said. Yet, the port modernization project’s Terms of Reference is silent on relocation plans for the soon-to-be evicted families. BY...
Two environmental groups in the Philippines have raised the alarm on what they described as “impending disasters” in the aftermath of supertyphoon “Reming,” which hit the archipelago – particularly the southern part of its biggest island Luzon – over the weekend....
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat.com Posted 8:35 p.m., Dec. 12, “They will ram it through at the first chance of doing so – in the middle of the night, while we are sleeping – if we don’t exercise vigilance.” These were the words of Bayan Muna (People First)...
BY Bulatlat.com Posted 2:50 p.m., Dec. 13, 2006 A barangay (village) captain was gunned down by hooded and motorcycle-riding men in Malolos City, Bulacan at around 6:30 p.m. last night. Based on reports reaching Bulatlat, Renato Estrella, 58, barangay captain of...
BY Bulatlat.com Posted 2:30 p.m., Dec. 14, 2006 Representatives of various women’s groups and other women personalities gathered in a press conference at Quezon City, Dec. 15, to register their participation in the mounting protests against the government’s moves...
NI JESSA MEI JAMILA Inilathala ng Gusto ko po sanang magbigay ng aking opinyon tungol sa nakaraang usaping hinggil sa Hacienda Luisita. Ang aming guro po sa Araling Panlipunan ay pinapanood kami ng isang dokumentaryong talagang nagpabuhay sa nag-aalab kong dugo at...
Kasaysayan ang Magpapawalang-sala sa Akin Filipino translation of Fidel Castro’s History will Absolve Me by Carl C. Ala Published by AMISTAD 63 pages 2006 carries a double significance for AMISTAD. Aside from marking the 80th birthday of Cuban president Fidel...
Citing the danger of a repressive regime using an Anti-Terror Bill to create a shadow criminal justice system which, in turn, will be used as an instrument of a greater terror perpetrated by people in power against their critics and political opponents, Sen. Jamby...
Out of studies on the Roman Empire in the New Testament especially the Book of Revelation, I follow a thesis that the United States of America has become today’s New Roman Empire. BY BP. ERME R. CAMBA United Church of Christ in the Philippines Posted by...
Of all human rights, it is the right to life which is most violated in the Cordillera region. This is what is shown by figures from the Cordillera Human Rights Alliance (CHRA). BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY – Of all...
Accused of alleged connections with the Abu Sayyaf Group, 130 Moros have spent five years at a military camp south of Manila and Moro advocates and interfaith groups are calling for justice. By Bulatlat.com Moro detainees and advocates from the Muslim and Christian...
Around 350 Filipino-Americans met in Queens, New York over the weekend for a two-day national conference and to form a national alliance that would address the various issues affecting the Filipino-American community. The new alliance agreed to address issues...
Canada is one of the preferred countries of destination for Filipinos aiming to work and live abroad. But life for migrant workers and overseas Filipinos is not all that rosy in the “Land of the Free,” a motto coined and patented by Canada. BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN...
To commemorate the 58th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, human rights groups held a mobilization Dec. 8 to call for justice for the victims of political killings and enforced disappearances under the Arroyo regime, as well as...
Despite thousands of cases filed with the Ombudsman and a lesser number elevated to the Sandiganbayan (anti-graft court) in 27 years, only two governors, one vice-governor, 23 mayors and one vice mayor or a total of 27 high-ranking elective officials were found...
By Bulatlat.com Philippine immigration authorities denied the travel rights of an American human rights lawyer by deporting him immediately back to the United States upon arrival at the international on Dec. 6. A news dispatch sent from Washington, DC by Rachel...
It’s the storm of protests against ASEAN and Con-Ass and not Typhoon Seniang that led to the postponement of the summit, cause-oriented groups in Cebu say. By Emily Vital Bulatlat.com CEBU CITY – Organizers of counter-ASEAN conferences here believe that the real...
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